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March-April 2002

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House Committee Subpoenas Harvard Over Tuition Costs

The University must turn over all requested materials related to tuition and financial aid by mid-July.

A crowd of people shout and march during a nighttime demonstration, while a man and woman in the foreground hold two silver-colored pans above their heads and bang on them with sticks

The Professor Who Quantified Democracy

Erica Chenoweth’s data shows how—and when—authoritarians fall.

John Singleton Copley’s <i>A Boy with a Flying Squirrel,</i> 1765

The Power of Patience

Teaching students the value of deceleration and immersive attention

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Filmmaker John Armstrong’s Adventure Documentaries

Filmmaker John Armstrong’s “outdoor adventures” find the human spirit.

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The Woman Who Rode Horses Into the Water

Scrapbooking a woman who rode horses into the sea

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How Harvard Students Handle Political Disagreements

The Undergraduate asks if intellectualism is really on life support.